Bunny at sunset

US Dep't of the Interior has a presentation from Adobe called “Making Maps Accessible in PDF Documents” (transcript available). Maps are complex and it depends on context and purpose. Don't overwhelm people but also don't underinform. Provide ways for people to find more information outside the map.

The OP and ED for “You and I Are Polar Opposites” has been stuck in my head because I’m rewatching it again. I really enjoy this show’s cast of characters and their friendship, how relationships develop awkwardly but healthily, the upbeat music and expressive art style that brings the manga to life.

#OnThisDay in 1888, Spokane's first streetcar took its inaugural trip from downtown to Browne's Addition. historylink.org/File/8087

“Greetings from Leo XIV, ruler and Pope of the Catholic Church… Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!” <gandhi civ nuke meme dot gif>

I like those airplane “bing bongs”. If you love sound design you’ll love Japan. They’ve elevated the art form to iconic status from beeps to melodies to fully recorded compositions. I mean my Zojirushi rice cooker plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star when I press start.

[LA Metro fare inspections per month] 2015: >600k 2017: >300k 2019: <50k Now: <10k Aaaaanyway, where did all the crime and disorder on LA Metro come from?

Andree Clark -Bird- Bunny Refuge

“‘Once you have one major breach, others will follow and you quickly descend into a state of legal chaos,’ said Jason Chuah, professor of commercial and maritime law…’It’s extremely sad. International law seems to be at a breaking point in the Persian Gulf.’” www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Intercity Transit in Olympia, WA is launching a bus network redesign on May 3. There is now a new system map and route maps which are a significant upgrade from previously. www.intercitytransit.com/bus-system-r...

Friday bunny

Still using a Kindle 4 that’s like fifteen years old. Amazon may be ending support but I installed custom software that makes it easier to read other ebook formats like ePub and comics without the trouble of format conversion. Only concern is a factory reset will brick the device.

Thailand’s food service is highly competitive, more than anything I’ve ever seen in the US, with endless choices from street food to fine dining. This NHK report reminds me that we go out for Japanese food a few times a week there. There are so many choices even people in LA or NYC can only dream of

A chocolate bunny appears after Easter

Expanding bike share in Santa Barbara is awesome news but this news release and survey fails at the communicating the most important thing… where the heck are you putting the 25 new stations!? No map, no list, just a vague “low-income areas” description.

FSP money was applied for by CRCC to advance 4 projects Design & Construction: King City station and siding State of good repair Pre construction: Grover beach siding upgrades to provide a 4th Surfliner slot to SLO Watsonville Station Project development for a Cal Poly SLO station

that’s our entire world.

“I’m about to go around the moon” is the new “I’m about to enter a tunnel”. 🌒🌏

Context: There’s this weird thing happening on Twitter right now where automatic translation is causing a super cool cultural exchange between Japanese speakers and Americans. People are going back and forth sharing their meals and it’s delightful. I’ve rarely seen anything like this on Bluesky.

My wife’s “space shrine” in the corner of our room with items we got from the JAXA Tsukuba Space Center. The Lunar Cruiser is basically a Moon RV.

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

Electric bendy boi and a double tall. Spokane has it all!

Someone at the open house asked why aren't we building on top of Delridge station... good question

Santa Barbara MTD facing transit fiscal cliff. Service reductions proposal for this year is only the beginning if deficits continue. Absurd case of losing federal operating funds because of population growth. We should be growing service but haven’t seen discussion of how to fund it in their plans.

Bus stop schedules used to be my bread & butter. The return to columns is very welcome. The frequency summary and PM time format changes are an improvement and bring the design in line with the paper timetables.

Happy Crosslake Connection Day! The Eastside Transit Map and Move Redmond Station Access Maps have been updated for the Link 2 Line connecting across Lake Washington today and bus changes effective later this fall. Enjoy the ride, the views and get ready for access to more places, more frequently!

Moo Yong (pork floss) Timbits!?

Talat Noi cats after dark

Choosing the alignment with 26% more travel time on the most important transfer segment but only 18% more trips, 10 more construction years AND the worst B/C ratio. Serving jobs is great but the network has to make sense, and this will preclude the ideal scenario of a dedicated SM Blvd line

Quick reminder that I had the shirt long before it was cool 😜

Interesting data. Anecdotally with Sound Transit, having a board of only local politicians doesn't seem to be working well. It would be nice if they could appoint experts on their behalf (who would actually have time to do their homework).

One reason I never identify as a "left populist" despite advocating fairly extensive redistribution and vigorous erosion of concentrated wealth is because I don't want to be associated with bullshit like this. 🧵

it is friday, march 13, 2020. global markets are in freefall. President Trump declares a national emergency over the covid pandemic. it is friday, march 13, 2026.

Happy Snowy Friday the 13th

King County Metro expands all-door boarding systemwide beginning March 28! The fleet has had ORCA card readers at all doors for some time now but all-door boarding was limited to RapidRide lines and along 3rd Avenue in downtown Seattle. kingcounty.gov/en/dept/metr...

I was telling @aarmlovi.bsky.social that I feel that the *Urban kchoze* blog post about zoning in Japan has not been bested and then he says that the U.S. Japan Foundation published an article about housing policies that could be useful for the U.S. Links in the 🧵

the most thoroughly vindicated man in hollywood. trade disputes and conspiracies ✔️ republic subverted over sex hangups ✔️ “sand people” killed, royalty indifferent ✔️ naive idiot casts vote for tyranny ✔️ villains with silly names like “dooku” ✔️ powerful clerical order screwing up ✔️ list goes on

Minesweeper but it's the Strait of Hormuz. Source: sweepthestrait.com

GenAI users are very loud about their extrinsic motivations: they want to be rewarded for the *result* not the process. They want to be seen as writers and artists and programmers, more than they want to write and draw and program.

Dawg we're gonna need to make the American equivalent of Estonian e-citizenship cards after this, because *everyone* is going to have their SSN permanently compromised. Need to start over from almost scratch. The SSN's already overdue to be reduced from password to unique semi-public alias.

THE KOWLOON CONNECTION (1979)

"The Effects of a Sudden Stop in Low-Skilled Immigration: Evidence from Korea’s Guest Worker Program" www.nber.org/papers/w34927 "the collapse in inflows led to a significant increase in firm exit.... Firms did not respond by expanding domestic hiring to replace missing guest workers."

Saen Saep Canal Boat, 40 minutes from central Bangkok to Bang Kapi, carries over 50,000 people every day

And the lack of concrete, too! (Cambridgeshire guided busway car traps)

Part of Trump’s mass appeal (and of why he’s so dangerous) is that he really seems to share Joe Barstool’s worldview that there are no complex problems: Everything has a simple brute solution, which previous leaders were somehow too stupid or weak to deploy.

Heisei Retro is now a thing, a nostalgic celebration of the 90s and Y2K of my childhood.

I think a lot of us millennials & older really take it for granted that we were the last of only a couple generations where there was an all-encompassing campaign to encourage literacy. Everyone used to agree upon it. There were commercials with your favorite celebrities just being like, "READ!"

Found this book in Kinokuniya with an interesting concept: city walks categorized by number of steps Preview pages from publisher publications.asahi.com/product/2501...

Using one of my wife’s bags as my everyday carry and I like it?